Brooklyn politicians dedicate themselves to an open space in Brooklyn Bridge Park with a warning to the state authority to find revenue sources outside the neighborhood, not through high-priced condos.(New York Post)

City editors and nightlife reviewers mail in the bars that have been robbing their wallets. (The Village Voice)

The most expensive penthouse in the United States rests atop The Pierre Hotel, all 14,000 square feet of it. The triplex includes the Pierre’s original ballroom with 23-foot-high curved ceilings, five master bedrooms and fireplaces, four terraces, and a 360-degree view of New York at a mere $70 million. (Forbes)

Some women have it all, and some are still trying to sell it, like Diane von Furstenberg. (Curbed)

Apartments getting redesigned by fashion designers:
“There is no reason,” broker Michael Shvo said, “that in our industry today we not look as good as a Prada ad.” (Tropolism)

Using architecture and the power to raze buildings to destroy whole cultures. (Building Design)

A transatlantic race to create a robot can build an entire house from an architect’s computer-based design against Loughborough University looks like a win for University of Southern California’s department of industrial and systems engineering. (Building Design)